CGU Annual General Business Meeting
Minutes (taken by Masaki Hayashi)
Monday May 12, 2003, 17:45
Maxbell Building Auditorium, Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta

Meeting called to order at 17:50 by Dave Eaton (CGU President).
 

 Attendance List:

Masaki Hayashi, Dave Eaton, Charles Lin, Christian Chouinavd, Dave Bowen, Kathy Young, Garry Thorne, Doug Schmidt, Jim Merriam, Sam Butler, Peter di Cenzo, Michael Church, Altaf Arain, Bob Mereu, Elizabeth L'Heureux, Herman Ugalde, Garth van der Kamp, Andy Calvert, George Spence, Dick Bailey, Jeremy Hall, Bernd Milkereit, Gary Jarvis, Calvin Klatt, Spiros Pagiatakis, Michael Siderij, Ed Krebes, Charles Hukielt, Michael Schmidt, Jafar Arkami Hamed, Colin Thomson, Paul Marquis, Nico Sneenu, Marc Veronneau, Jed Kaplan, K Gagewski, Phil Marsh, David Hutchison, Peter Ashmore, Amod Dhakal, Steven Quiring, Jian Liang Huang, Haus Mueller, Christopher Kotsakis, Georgia Fotopoulos, Norm Catto, Colin Farquharson, Kim Welford, Beth-Anne Martin, Marcelo Santos, Azadeh Koohazare, Dajing Yang, Lawrence Martz, John Gibson, Ayo Adediran, Barrie Bonsal, Spyros Beltaos, Terry Prowse, Dan Moore                            

 

1. Acceptance of Minutes of the May 20, 2002 Business Meeting

MOTION: Hok Woo moved that the Minutes be accepted; seconded by Kathy Young.  No discussion.  Carried unanimously.

There was no business arising from the Minutes.

2. Election of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers

Incorporation regulations require the election of four members to the Board of Directors each year.  The CGU membership elects the Board every year, and the Board then appoints the CGU Executive. In practice, two-year term.

MOTION: Richard Peltier moved that the slate for the Board of Directors be as follows:

Philip Marsh (President)
Gary Jarvis (Vice-President)
Masaki Hayashi (Secretary)
Ron Kurtz (Treasurer)

Seconded by Rick Baily. Carried unanimously.

3. Appointment of Auditors:

MOTION:  Ed Krebes moved that McIntyre & McLarty, Chartered Accountants located in the City of Ottawa be appointed auditors for the Canadian Geophysical Union; seconded by Garth van der Kamp. Carried.

4. Treasurer's Report:

Eaton presented a summary of the financial state of the CGU as of December 31, 2002 provided by Ron Kurtz. A historic chart of income, expenditure, and total credit was presented. Significant jump in income occurred in 1992 resulting from the joint meeting with AGU. The total credit is steadily increasing.

MOTION: Scott Munro moved that the Treasurer's report be accepted; seconded by Dan Moore. Carried unanimously.

5. CGU/AGU 2004 - Montreal, May 17-21 (Richard Peltier - Technical Program Co-Chair)

CGU will gain proceeds from this meeting in proportion to the number of CGU attendees. We need to encourage CGU members to attend the meeting. The members are also encouraged to submit proposal for special sessions. Eaton asked for local volunteers to help organizing the event. 

Young: How many people are expected?   Peltier: 3000-5000.
Marsh: It is important that CGU plays a major role as this is an opportunity to increase the membership.

6. NSERC Program Summary (David Bowen - NSERC Program Chair)

An update on Discovery Grant and Research Tools and Instruments II and III Grants is presented. The results of grants reallocation were also reported; Earth Science had net loss of 4.3 % in 1998 and 3.7 % in 2002. There will likely be another reallocation. Several questions regarding the transition of Discovery Grant from 4-year to 5-year schedule were answered.

7. IUGG Report (Charles Lin on behalf of Ron Stewart)

CNC-IUGG report is prepared every four years. It will be ready and posted on the CGU web site soon.

8. Adjournment

MOTION: Dan Moore moved that the meeting be adjourned; seconded by Patrick Wu. Carried unanimously.